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Had a great time watching Ghost in the Shell last night. As the movie begins, a female patient is being wheeled into surgery. Her brain is harvested and placed in the metal cranium of a robot that then undergoes a series of immersions to build up the humanoid skin and tissue. The new cyborg (Scarlett…

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Friday night we had a wonderful time at Texas Saké Co. This was the closest thing I remember having in the United States to the authentic Japanese Izakaya experience. It has been about a year since Adam Blumenshein and Tim Klatt relaunched Texas Saké Co with Jeff Bell as the toji (head brewer). Since that…

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In years past, we were part of a large communal Thanksgiving celebration that rotated between the houses of several families each year. For these events, I always enjoyed baking one or even two fruit pies. However, time has progressed. Children have grown up and moved away. Careers have changed. We moved from a large house…

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Recently we have had a major win for Asatte Press. This photo shows our new book on sale at Kinokuniya Books in San Francisco. We are thrilled! For the Japanese speaking world, Kinokuniya Books is the equivalent of Barnes and Noble. Even better, they found two other books with very similar topics and similar covers…

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Our son Tye has been working part time as a waiter at a restaurant here in Austin for the last few years while he finishes his computer science degree. That restaurant asked Tye to work on Saturday which was Valentine’s Day. We thought “Great! We’ll come in for dinner!” but he warned us off, explaining…

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Great game! Amazing finish. Here are my picks for the best (and worst) commercials. The Top 5 Commercials of Superbowl XLIX #1 – Acacados from Mexico This was my favorite! Really fun, original idea, not sponsored by a multi-$10b manufacturing behemoth. #2 – Fiat Blue Pill Fiat commercials are always a lot of fun! #3…

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A year of commuting to Singapore to help a shipyard with the software systems integration of the systems on an offshore oil rig wrapped up with a 28-day visit starting in early December. Since we knew far in advance that this visit would cover Christmas and New Years, we focused our family festivities on Thanksgiving. Tomoko accompanied…

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With things going well recently, we decided to celebrate a little in advance of my next longer overseas trip. Last year during Art Night East, we had visited Eden East at Springdale Farm and were intrigued. The restaurant is only open two days per week, serves a fixed menu in communal seating, and sources all of…

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Friday’s entertainment was Austin Art Night EAST 2013 by Art Alliance Austin. This is the third “Art Night” event that we have attended. The other two were in the center of Austin. While all of the events are fun, this one is interesting in that East Austin is where the art actually gets created. The…

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Catching up on my reporting. Last Sunday we continued in our family tradition of running the IBM Uptown Classic 10K in Austin. Tye and I ran the 10K race and Tomoko ran the 5K race. Here we see Tye and Tomoko bright and full of energy at 7AM. Since the roads close at 7AM, we…